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Both run a faceless channel on autopilot. Faceless.so spreads one series across seven platforms and every major AI video model on a credit budget; ShortFast concentrates on TikTok, Reels and Shorts with licensed stock footage, 27 fixed styles, per-account queues and an API on every plan.
Faceless.so and ShortFast are direct competitors. Both start from a niche or a prompt, write the script, add a voiceover and captions, render a vertical video and publish it on a recurring schedule without you touching it. If you want a hands-off faceless channel, either will do the job.
Faceless.so is the better pick if you post beyond TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, since it also publishes to Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads and X; if you want to turn Reddit posts into videos; or if you want short clips from premium AI video models such as Veo, Kling or Seedance at a lower credit cost per video. Its team seats (3 to 25 by plan) also suit small studios.
ShortFast is the better pick if you want videos built from licensed stock footage or in a fixed illustrated style such as stick figures, anime or claymation, many of them a month on the entry plan, UGC-style videos with an AI presenter, a published account limit per plan, or webhooks and an API without moving to a $99 plan.
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| Dimension | ShortFast | Faceless.so |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | A topic, a prompt or a script. No Reddit or link import. | A niche prompt (it offers 50), your own prompt or script, or a Reddit post link. |
| Visuals | 27 styles: licensed stock footage, footage mixed with AI, AI video, or AI images in a fixed art style. AI presenters for UGC-style video. | Storyboard shorts (narrated AI stills), Motion shorts (real AI video) and 10-minute videos, using models such as Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5 and Wan, paid in credits. UGC video from Growth. |
| Cost per video | Typical: about 12 credits (stock footage), 25 (AI art style), 464 (fully animated). | 20 credits per one-minute Storyboard short, 60 per 30-second Motion short. |
| Voice | 40+ narration voices. No voice cloning. | AI voices in more than 90 languages, per its site. |
| Platforms | TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. | YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads and X. |
| Posting cadence | Up to 3 posts a day per automation on Pro; 1, 3 or 6 automations by plan. | 3 a week on Starter, daily on Growth, twice a day on Influencer, 4 on Ultra, 8 on Agency. Unlimited series. |
| Accounts and seats | 1, 3 or 6 social accounts by plan, each with its own queue. | A series can post to several accounts per platform; per-plan account limits are not published. 3 to 25 team members by plan. |
| Credits | Reset each month. Extra credits $10 per 1,000. | Plan credits stopped rolling over on October 2, 2026. Packs are $10 per 100 credits and never expire. |
| Trial and refunds | 3-day trial for $1. At ShortFast's discretion, per its terms. | No free trial; signing up is free. No refund once a plan's credits have been used. |
| Developer access | REST API, signed webhooks and an MCP server on every plan, including a free API tier. | REST API (listed on Ultra and Agency), MCP server hosted or local and listed in Claude's connector directory, CLI and a Claude Skill. No webhooks documented. |
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ShortFast and Faceless.so plans
Prices from each vendor's pricing page, checked
| Plan | Monthly | Credits a month | Typical videos a month | Posting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShortFast Starter | $19 | 1,000 | About 80 stock-footage, 40 AI art-style or 2 fully animated | 1 automation, 1 account |
| ShortFast Pro | $39 | 5,000 | About 400 stock-footage, 200 AI art-style or 10 fully animated | 3 automations, up to 3 posts a day each |
| ShortFast Advanced | $99 | 10,000 | About 800 stock-footage, 400 AI art-style or 21 fully animated | 6 automations, 6 accounts |
| Faceless.so Starter | $29 | 500 | About 25 Storyboard or 8 Motion shorts | 3 a week |
| Faceless.so Growth | $39 (shown against $59) | 1,000 | About 50 Storyboard or 16 Motion | Daily |
| Faceless.so Influencer | $69 (shown against $129) | 2,000 | About 100 Storyboard or 33 Motion | Twice a day |
| Faceless.so Ultra | $99 | 4,000 | About 200 Storyboard or 66 Motion | 4 a day; API access |
| Faceless.so Agency | $199 | 8,000 | About 400 Storyboard or 133 Motion | 8 a day; API access |
Faceless.so's video counts are its own estimates; it advertises 17% off yearly. ShortFast's are typical, not limits: about 12 credits for a stock-footage video, 25 for an AI art-style video and 464 for a fully animated one (October 2026 averages).
Sources: ShortFast pricing · Faceless.so pricing · Faceless.so terms
Both sell monthly credits, and on both the type of video sets the cost. Faceless.so charges 20 credits for a one-minute Storyboard short, narrated AI stills, and 60 for a 30-second Motion short made with a real AI video model. Starter is $29 a month for 500 credits, about 25 Storyboard or 8 Motion shorts, posting three times a week; Growth is $39 for 1,000, Influencer $69 for 2,000, Ultra $99 for 4,000 and Agency $199 for 8,000. Growth and Influencer are shown against struck-through prices of $59 and $129. Plan credits stopped rolling over on October 2, 2026, and there is no refund once a plan's credits are used.
ShortFast's Starter is $19 a month for 1,000 credits, Pro $39 for 5,000 and Advanced $99 for 10,000, with 20% off yearly and a $1 three-day trial. A typical stock-footage video uses about 12 credits and an AI art-style video about 25, so Starter covers about 80 or 40 of them. A fully animated video uses about 464 credits, so only about 2.
The honest summary: for still-image or footage videos, ShortFast's credits go further at every price; for motion clips from premium AI video models, Faceless.so's 60-credit Motion short is far cheaper than a fully animated ShortFast video. Decide which kind of video your channel needs before you compare plans.
Faceless.so is built to be everywhere. It publishes to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram and also to Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads and X, so one series can feed seven feeds. It imports Reddit posts by link, can run a series that picks posts from chosen subreddits, offers 50 niche prompts and gives every plan unlimited series and every major AI video model.
ShortFast is narrower on purpose. It publishes to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, with a separate queue per connected account, timezone-aware scheduling and a series brief that every new episode follows, with A/B hook variations coming soon. Its strength is the look: licensed documentary footage or one of 27 fixed styles, from stick figures and whiteboard to anime, 3D animation and claymation, so a channel keeps one recognisable style. It also makes UGC-style videos with a lip-synced AI presenter, one of 5 stock presenters or a portrait you upload.
Faceless.so lets a series post to TikTok privately first (Only me, Friends or Followers) so you can review before the public post, a useful safety step. Instagram publishing needs a Business or Creator account on any tool. ShortFast has no Reddit import, no fake-text format and no voice cloning. If those are on your list, the choice is already made.
Both can be driven from code and from AI assistants. Faceless.so has a scoped REST API, a CLI, a Claude Skill and an MCP server that runs hosted or locally and is listed in Claude's connector directory; its pricing page lists API access on Ultra and Agency, and we found no webhooks in its docs. ShortFast's REST API, signed webhooks for every generation, render and publish event, and MCP server are available on every plan, including a free API workspace with 50 credits a month for three watermarked renders, so you can prototype before paying.
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